I’m on vacation until Sept. 11. Rather than let the blog go dark — or worse, see me do work on vacation — I’ve decided to emulate network TV and line up a bunch of re-runs. Each day (M-F) will feature one of the 10 most-read entries (descending order) since Buzzblog debuted Feb. 1. Enjoy … or not. Either way, I’m off doing as little as possible.
No. 3: Seems you didn’t need that Slim Jim or National Enquirer after all
Thirty years in the news business tells an editor that this little factoid would prove irresistible: A new survey shows shoppers make 45% fewer impulse buys at checkout when preoccupied by the chore of scanning their own stuff.
Recap of the Top 10 so far:
No. 4: Google News and the gay marriage vote
No. 5: What telecom mergers really mean
No. 6: Rule No. 1 when doing PR for an antispam vendor: Don’t spam
No. 7: 10 IT brand names that just won’t die
No. 8: Google beats porn … but not sex
